Northern Province (NA): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2014

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January - 11	The display of a wreckage of a passenger airplane that was shot down by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) 16 years ago this weekend at the public park grounds in Jaffna District drew a large crowd, reports Colombo Page on January 12. The debris of the ill-fated aircraft along with some rec Read more... The display of a wreckage of a passenger airplane that was shot down by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) 16 years ago this weekend at the public park grounds in Jaffna District drew a large crowd, reports Colombo Page on January 12. The debris of the ill-fated aircraft along with some recovered personal items of the passengers including a National Identity Card of a passenger, clothes, and shoes, were on display to the public on January 11 and 12. The ill-fated Lion Air flight 602 from Palaly to Ratmalana carrying 48 civilians and 8 crew including two Ukrainian pilots went missing on September 29, 1998 over the Iranativu Island into the sea off the north-western coast. The wreckage was recovered last year by the Sri Lanka Navy divers on the information provided to the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) of Police by a LTTE cadre who fired the missile to shoot down the plane. Read less...
January - 13	Tamil National Alliance (TNA) says the Government is not properly collecting data on the material and human losses incurred in the Northern Province during the period of the war, reports Colombo Page on January 14. TNA Spokesperson Suresh Premachandran told a news conference convened in Jaffna Distr Read more... Tamil National Alliance (TNA) says the Government is not properly collecting data on the material and human losses incurred in the Northern Province during the period of the war, reports Colombo Page on January 14. TNA Spokesperson Suresh Premachandran told a news conference convened in Jaffna District that the census initiated by the Government to gather information of the material and human losses during the war was not being carried out properly. He observed that the Government was in fact gathering false information to prepare a report on the losses in order to be submitted during the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions in Geneva this March. Read less...
January - 16	Murugesu Chandrakumar, a parliamentarian of governing party ally, Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP), has said at an event in Jaffna District that the Government is trying to expedite the resettlement of internally displaced people (IDPs) in the North in their original homes, reports Colombo Pag Read more... Murugesu Chandrakumar, a parliamentarian of governing party ally, Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP), has said at an event in Jaffna District that the Government is trying to expedite the resettlement of internally displaced people (IDPs) in the North in their original homes, reports Colombo Page on January 17. He said that as many as 22,000 IDPs were living in the Valikamam North area, and had been housed in welfare centers under difficult conditions, while there were others who had been living with their relatives. "After four years of war, the Northern Province has achieved massive growth. Some are attempting to create tension among the people, and this could lead to an unpleasant situation in the region, once again," the MP added. Read less...
January - 22	Skeletal remains of three more people have been unearthed from the unmarked grave site found in Mannar District on January 22, reports Colombo Page. With the latest discovery, skeletal remains of 42 people have been unearthed so far from the site that lies along the access road to the Thirukethiswar Read more... Skeletal remains of three more people have been unearthed from the unmarked grave site found in Mannar District on January 22, reports Colombo Page. With the latest discovery, skeletal remains of 42 people have been unearthed so far from the site that lies along the access road to the Thirukethiswaram Kovil in Mannar District in the former war zone. The excavations began on December 20, 2013 after road construction workers laying water pipes along the road stumbled on the human skeletal remains and alerted the police. The second phase of the excavations commenced on January 16. The site was in the region that was under the control of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) until the Security Forces liberated Mannar District in 2008. Read less...
January - 25	The Army during a brief ceremony on January 25 returned 23 houses it occupied in Jaffna District in the Northern Province during the conflict to the rightful owners, reports Colombo Page. The programme, in line with the Government's policy of returning public property, was implemented under the dire Read more... The Army during a brief ceremony on January 25 returned 23 houses it occupied in Jaffna District in the Northern Province during the conflict to the rightful owners, reports Colombo Page. The programme, in line with the Government's policy of returning public property, was implemented under the directions of Major General Udaya Perera, Commander, Security Forces Headquarters, Jaffna (SFHQ - J). Read less...
January - 29	Three more dead bodies have been unearthed from the mass grave at Thirukethishvara in Mannar District raising the number of bodies recovered so far to 53, reports Daily Mirror. These remains were first found on December 20, 2013, by some workers who were digging a trench to lay water pipes. Read more... Three more dead bodies have been unearthed from the mass grave at Thirukethishvara in Mannar District raising the number of bodies recovered so far to 53, reports Daily Mirror. These remains were first found on December 20, 2013, by some workers who were digging a trench to lay water pipes. Read less...

*Data till , January 22, 2021

Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.

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